My MK1 16v conversion

hi everyone,
  Im 14 and me and my dad have bought a 1983 Golf C in quite good condition. We have kept a BRMotorsport 16v engine out of one of my dads previous MK2 golfs.

The car body is quite good…only down side is it has a dent in the passenger side, and the rear arches have been replaced and they arent really to a very good standard!

here is one of the engine bay…sorry about the poor quality

I steam cleaned the engine bay and the wiped it overwith petrol too remove any wax and grime. I then went over the whole of the bay with a whire brush on a drill to remove the shiny surface.

I then had to fill a few places and tried too smooth off a weld done by the previous owner on the right of the engine bay. I put two coats of galvafroid on it and then painted over with International Danbolie Marine paint wich gives a nice shiny surface.

Looking good dude! Wish I'd had a project like this when I was younger.

cheers. Ye i think im pretty lucky!! Takes a lot of pocket money and working though!! HAHA

Do u know how too get the pics to show instintly and not have to go on the link??

anyhelp would be good

The more you earn the more you spend on the car - problem is both you and the car always seem to be broke!

To put an image up you need to put image tags around the URL of the picture, i.e. [ img ] http://examplepic.com/piccie.jpg [ /img ] but without the spaces.

Photobucket does this for you when you upload pics, so you just need to copy the right code from the box and paste it into the forum without changing anything. It's this one vvv

ye i know!!

Oh right..ok thanks

Im going to take some more photos of the bay later and put them on so ill see if that works.

Thanks for the help

No probs :

Right..ive been busy over the past week and have been painting up the engine and its and bobs. Ive got a few before and after pics of the engine aswell. Hope you like it!!   (sorry for the poor quality but you get the idea!!)


thats the engine just after getting out of the old mk2


another of the engine after getting it out


engine on the stand after splitting off the gearbox

Here is a few of the engine after the painting and a lot of cleaning


engine painted black and the head silver


just a bit to do on the pulley end of the engine


rocker cover painted black then sanded the strips down, looks great in my opinion…well worth the effort!!!


another of the rockercover!!

I think overall the engine looks quite good…we need to split the head off the engine before putting it in to fit more parts that are below.

Heres a pic of the newly arrived parts all genuine VW stuff!!



Parts are:
exchange water pump
thermostat
Head gasket
Head bolts
sumpgasket
cam chain
rockercover gasket
cambelt
tensioner
new engine mount with rubber and outer plates
Pulley covers
and a load of small gaskets and bolts

I have also got a Mangolesti manifold to mount the carbs on  from Demon Tweeks


Weve also bought a DubSport 16v conversion manifold which looks great!!!




Thats enough pics for the moment but I am just going to put the pics i first put on as i now know how!!

Please tell me what you think so far!!!






thats the engine bay painted up looks quite good for brush on job!!
Painted the brake servo and mastercylinder as well know. Try and get a pic up soon.

any comments??  or your views…would lime to know wat you guys think

*like!! haha

Nice one buddy, good to see your getting stuck in.  :wink:

Car looks like its coming along nicely, wish i had a mk1 at your age! took me till i was 25!!  8O

Raul said

Nice one buddy, good to see your getting stuck in.  :wink:

agree, looks like you're doing an awesome job there!!

Can't believe you're only 14, i'm doing the same thing but i'm double your age, i suppose it is quite a simple car to work on, i'm not 100% confident in what i'm doing but i'm learning a hell of a lot whilst doing it, even gonna attempt a clutch change tomorrow

good luck and keep updating, me likes pics

ye…im not really 100% confident either…get my dad too do the tricky jobs!!

good luck with the clutch change!!

haha


haven't got  any photos of progress but what weve done recently is removed the cams and tappets and taken the cylinder head off ready 2 fit new gaskets and cam chain.

Hoping to get that rebuilt over the next week or so.

Also ive been looking a round for fuel pump and regulator…anybody know a good pump for the carbed 16v???  :dontknow:

any help would be great

thanks

Right….Ive got some pics of the engine rebuild which we did over the past three days.

Cleaned up the surface for the new head gasket and checked the valves.


Cleaned up the top of the block and  cleaned and checked the pistons


Fitted new genuine head gasket


Re-fitted the head on the block with new head bolts


Re-fitted and checked the tappets


So we are hopefully going to re-fit the cams and the new chain again after a little problem the first time!! And also the new timing belt. After that engine blocks basically finished, Need to service and rebuild the carbs and get some new jets.


Also cleaned and painted the gearbox up…think it looks quite good (pics a bit hopeless but there we go)

Needs a wipe over (looks a lot better in person)


Also need to grind off the MK2 rear mount and fit the mk1 mount


So as i said next job is to finish off the engine bay and get some gromets for some holes here and there. Then service the carbs and drop the engine and gearbox in

hope you like it   

Nice work there dude  8)

Hi Thanks for your pm and interesting build thread, I currently run a Facet Red top fuel pump and a  Malpassi fuel regulator/filter,seems to work ok(well got me through the last two years!!)

thanks

ive been looking at the facet pumps cant decide between red top or silver!! haha probebly the red top and the malpassi regultor looks good.

Sorry for ll the question but do you know what jet sizes and chokes you are running.

My engine is a BRM170 16v conversion on weber 45's. does anyone think that this setup would work:  35mm chokes
                                  145 main jets
                                   180 air jets
                                   50F11 idles
                                   40 pumps

please help…this is the only thing  holding the project up at the moment.

thanks

got to say car looks great already very clean lucky for gettin this wish i had that im 15 dying 4 one keep us updated

i have pm u but dont know if it has sent

really impressed with the project, and good to see a father and son teamwork.  great stuff so far keep up the good work and keep the pics coming…


oh , hope your dad realises that he will have to take you to a few track days and let you get the benefit of your hard work……